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annarella's review
5.0
Another good mystery in the series. It's fast paced, solid mystery, and had a lot of fun in reading it.
There's plenty of twists and turns and it kept me guessing.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
There's plenty of twists and turns and it kept me guessing.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
fleurette's review
3.0
This is a very good story, although it turned out to be a bit different than I expected. Judging by the cover and the blurb, I expected a light and funny cozy mystery with an inquisitive main character who leads the investigation while working in a seaside bar. And that only partially turned out to be true.
While Chloe does work at a bar and tries to discover what happened years ago on a boat she had found, this book is not your typical cozy mystery. The tone of it is not as light and funny as I expected. I would even say that this book is somewhere on the verge of cozy mystery and more typical suspense. It's not a bad thing, I still enjoyed the story, it just turned out to be something different.
The whole story has a great start. The main character Chloe discovers an abandoned boat while jogging on the beach in the morning. When she gets on the deck to discover the cause of the strange noise, the boat begins to move away from the shore, carried by the waves. On board, Chloe finds a skeleton and a little kitten. And then the mysterious good Samaritan rescues her when the ship begins to burn and disappears before Chloe knows his name.
It was a very promising beginning, so I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't Chloe who solved the main mystery in the end. At some point, other characters in this book took over. It was of course more probable and realistic, but for that reason I found the ending not that satisfying.
There is also a second plotline related to the will left by the co-owner of the bar where Chloe works. This part seemed to me more typical of cozy mystery and Chloe is involved in solving this problem from beginning to end.
I hadn't read the previous book, but that wasn't much of a problem. Although it would probably make it easier for me to understand what happened before, because the events of the previous book are quite often referenced in this book.
Overall, that's a pretty good story. I liked Chloe and the rest of the characters. And although the book didn’t have the holiday vibes I expected, I quite liked it. I think I will also try other books by this author.
Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
While Chloe does work at a bar and tries to discover what happened years ago on a boat she had found, this book is not your typical cozy mystery. The tone of it is not as light and funny as I expected. I would even say that this book is somewhere on the verge of cozy mystery and more typical suspense. It's not a bad thing, I still enjoyed the story, it just turned out to be something different.
The whole story has a great start. The main character Chloe discovers an abandoned boat while jogging on the beach in the morning. When she gets on the deck to discover the cause of the strange noise, the boat begins to move away from the shore, carried by the waves. On board, Chloe finds a skeleton and a little kitten. And then the mysterious good Samaritan rescues her when the ship begins to burn and disappears before Chloe knows his name.
It was a very promising beginning, so I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't Chloe who solved the main mystery in the end. At some point, other characters in this book took over. It was of course more probable and realistic, but for that reason I found the ending not that satisfying.
There is also a second plotline related to the will left by the co-owner of the bar where Chloe works. This part seemed to me more typical of cozy mystery and Chloe is involved in solving this problem from beginning to end.
I hadn't read the previous book, but that wasn't much of a problem. Although it would probably make it easier for me to understand what happened before, because the events of the previous book are quite often referenced in this book.
Overall, that's a pretty good story. I liked Chloe and the rest of the characters. And although the book didn’t have the holiday vibes I expected, I quite liked it. I think I will also try other books by this author.
Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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